# munk
## English
### Noun

munk (plural munks) (obsolete)
* Alternative form of monk

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse munkr, from Old Saxon munik and/or Old English munuc, both from Proto-West Germanic *munik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɔŋˀɡ̊]

### Noun

munk c (singular definite munken, plural indefinite munke)
* monk
* blackcap

#### Inflection
### References

* “munk” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Old Swedish munk, from Old Norse munkr, from Old English munuc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmunk/, [ˈmuŋkˑ]
* Rhymes: -unk
* Hyphenation: munk

### Noun

munk (genitive munga, partitive munka)
* monk
    Synonyms: kloostrivend, vend

#### Compounds

* erakmunk
* kerjusmunk
* mungaklooster
* rändmunk

### References

* munk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “munk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Icelandic
### Noun

munk
* indefinite accusative singular of munkur

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse munkr, from Old English munuc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʊŋk/

### Noun

munk m (definite singular munken, indefinite plural munker, definite plural munkene)
* a monk

### References

* “munk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse munkr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʊŋk/

### Noun

munk m (definite singular munken, indefinite plural munkar, definite plural munkane)
* a monk

### References

* “munk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish munker, from Old Norse munkr, from Old English munuc.
In pastry sense; debated. According to some a comparison with the tonsure of medieval monks. According to others, and more probable according to historian Harrison, a comparison to the bodily roundness of monks.
In printing error sense; borrowed from German Mönch (“monk”), comparing the lighter patches with the tonsure of monks.

### Noun

munk c
* a monk
** Christian monk
** religious person of other religion living in solitude
    Synonym: eremit
* (colloquial) a person living in solitude
    Synonym: eremit
* (pastry) types of deep-fried piece of dough
** doughnut, type of toroidal pastry
    Synonyms: donut, flottyrmunk
** Berliner; type of ellipsoidal pastry with sweet filling
    Synonym: berlinermunk
* (Gothenburg) a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat, a chocolate teacake
    Synonyms: skumboll, kokosboll, gräddbulle, kokosmunk, Mums-mums
* (dated, certain games) a person that has lost, is out of the game
* type of cannonball, approx. 24 skålpund (c. 10 kg, 22 lbs)
* munklikör (“Bénédictine”), type of herbal liqueur
    Synonym: benediktinerlikör
* (printing) type of error where the ink appears weaker, or not at all, on parts of the page
    Synonym: munkark
* type of drain for carp ponds

#### Derived terms

(monk):
* munkcell
* munkkloster
* munkkåpa
* munklöfte
* munkorden
* tiggarmunk
(pastry):
* berlinermunk
* munkpanna
* pösmunk
* raggmunk
* syltmunk
* äppelmunk

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: munkki

### References

* munk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* munk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* munk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* munk in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1913)
* Berlinermunkar har också en historia by Dick Harrison (27 November 2013)